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Finally, the old Scotiabank Saddledome gets some respect. It’s good enough for the 2026 Olympics, according to the International Olympic Committee. Of course, it’s not good enough for the Flames and the NHL. Last fall, Calgary had a whole mayoral election about that. The IOC’s surprising approval deflates the Flames’ hope that a successful Olympic […]

As Calgary’s city council voted to spend $2 million more for a possible 2026 Olympics bid, you could almost hear the cash being flushed, the time being wasted, the reports being buried, the councillors being sent to therapy. That’s before the city even qualifies to make a formal bid, which would in turn cost at least […]

Debate over whether to invest another $2 million to keep exploring the value of a 2026 Winter Olympics bid in Calgary is expected to be heated and divisive at City Hall on Monday, as councillors square off on either side of the trenches. A no vote would likely scuttle all hopes of a Calgary bid. […]

The International Olympic Committee has indicated a Calgary bid for the 2026 Games could succeed, but an estimated $2 million — on top of the $5 million already dedicated to exploring a bid — is needed to keep the city’s Olympic dreams alive. A report going to council Monday says the extra cash is needed […]

City bureaucrats believe the risks of hosting the 2026 Winter Olympic Games are decreasing while the benefits are increasing, as council prepares to make a decision next week on spending more money to continue exploring a bid. “It’s council’s choice, it’s Calgary’s choice, but if we choose to bid, we’ll win,” Mayor Naheed Nenshi said Monday. […]

A professor of sports economics has some advice for city politicians as they prepare to entertain a request for more money to explore a 2026 Olympic bid. “Find a way to get out now,” said Moshe Lander, an expert in the economics of professional sports, who teaches at Concordia University and spends two months a […]

Carol Huynh first became aware of the tempest brewing while on-set for CBC radio’s Canada Reads initiative a little over a year ago. A twitter message had alerted her to the storm clouds. She didn’t, quite frankly, put much stock in it. Wrestling, as old as the Games themselves, dropped from the Summer Olympic calendar?

This week marks a major milestone in women’s ski jumping as it debuts at the Olympics, but the history of the sport in Canada can be traced back to a ski jump in interior British Columbia more than nine decades ago. In 1922, Isabel Coursier set a record on the historic Nels Nelsen ski jump on Mount Revelstoke — the only place in Canada where world records in ski jumping have been set.

While the fitness and sports industry offers creative and insightful tips on training and performance, I am constantly surprised by the lack of credible information promoted about sports nutrition, supplements, how to lose body fat, gain muscle mass and “get cut.” I am fortunate to work with sports nutritionist Carrie Mullin Innes, who helps to set the record straight. She has a master’s degree in science in nutrition and is one of the few dietitians in Canada that has completed the intensive International Olympic Committee Diploma in Sports Nutrition. Here are three of the most common myths we see in our practice about sports nutrition for recreational athletes and gym goers:

Where to begin with George Takei? One could start with his role on Star Trek as helmsman Mr. Sulu, which he played for three seasons on the tube back in the 1960s and later reprised on the big screen in six films.

Speaking first and foremost as a proud Canadian but also as an Olympian heading to Sochi next year, Hayley Wickenheiser said she was disappointed to hear of Russia’s recently anti-gay legislation ahead of the 2014 Olympic Games.

The thin, older man exuded dignified elegance while the short, round one beamed with pride and enthusiasm. They were an unlikely pair, but IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch and Calgary Mayor Ralph Klein forged a friendship over the 1988 Olympic Games. When Samaranch declared the Calgary Games the best ever, it was also an endorsement of Klein’s efforts to humanize it.

CALGARY — Twenty-five years on, Calgary’s Olympic legacy still shines bright. Former Olympians, dignitaries and curious spectators gathered at the Olympic Oval on Wednesday to mark the 25th anniversary of the 1988 Winter Games.

As an Olympian himself, Ari Taub understands the crushing heartbreak. As a businessman, from a purely pragmatic point of view, he can at least get his head around the reasoning why the International Olympic Committee decided to pull wrestling from the lineup starting with the 2020 Games.

It’s hard to believe it’s been 25 years since Calgary hosted the country’s first Winter Olympic Games, leaving it with an enduring legacy, a series of world-class athletic facilities and millions of dollars in sports funding. Very quickly, the city of 657,000 was put on the world map, allowing it to not only continue to host world-class sports events soon after the Games, but also international economic and political forums in the years following.

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